[ExI] AI humor

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Adrian Tymes <atymes at gmail.com> wrote:

> You run into problems with "don't explai  the joke", but if you can
> navigate that you mohgt have something.  Minimize word count on
> explanations, and leave the actual last step as one the viewer can easily
> figure out.
>
> Also perhaps use that confusion as a generator, and/or weave the
> explanation into the setup.  For example: "That guy went on such a diet, he
> went from a portly body to a starboardly!"
>
> ​-------------------------
>

​Thanks.  Did not know you were a comic critic (pun intended).  But the
real idea was for you all to create examples so I could be a critic.

 bill w

​

> ​
> On Feb 15, 2017 10:55 AM, "William Flynn Wallace" <foozler83 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> ​
>> I have been fiddling with an idea about an ai that has fairly severe
>> problems with synonyms, antonyms, homophones etc.
>>
>>
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>> So, for instance:
>>
>>
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>> AI - that guy sure has a starboardly body.
>>
>>
>>
>> Straight man:  huh?  Did your creativity circuits go blooey?
>>
>>
>>
>> AI - well, if a hefty man can be said to have a portly body, can't
>> somebody skinny have a starboardly body?
>>
>>
>>
>> Or
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>> AI - I am so hungry that I could eat a guide.
>>
>>
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>> SM - hmmm.  Guide, lead, steer - that's it!  You are talking about beef
>> cattle, eh?
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>> In one of my chemically induced moods I had this idea.  Most ideas formed
>> in that state are so nonprofound it's funny, but I think this one has a
>> possibility of being turned into a real online comic.  But my sense of
>> humor is kinda wacky, so I don't know if the above joke is kinda funny or
>> just dumb.  Surely thousands of other jokes could be created given this
>> premise.
>>
>
> ​So I thought I'd give members of the group the idea and see if they run
> with it.  Thus, please provide your own AI misstatement or situation, if
> you will.​
>
>>
>>
>> bill w
>>
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